Richard Henderson looks at one possible future world for TGM readers as he visits the massive EPCOT centre at Disneyworld in America.
On 30 May, 1967, the bulldozers moved in to begin construction on the 27,400 acres of land that had been designated the Reedy Creek Improvement District by the United States government of Central Florida.
The Reedy Creek Improvement District was eventually to become one of the most impressive, if unorthodox, New Towns anywhere in the world. A new town which would introduce many innovations in the fields of transportation, architecture and construction, energy generation and conservation, agriculture, and communications. A new town which would receive countless awards, and be visited by over 25 million visitors every year.
Why haven't you heard of it? Well, you probably have.
The Reedy Creek Improvement District is more popularly known as Walt Disney World. […]